Hallmark Channel’s “When Calls the Heart” Continues Its Historic Growth

With over 3 million Live3 total viewers and 449000 women 2554 and even after five seasons When Calls continues to be a dominant performer for Hallmarkamp160 Those numbers helped elevate it to the highestrated and mostwatched cable network during weekend prime among households and total viewers amp160The episode also became the highestrated and mostwatched When Calls the Heart season premiere in the seriesamp8217 history among households women 1849 and total viewersThe second episode which was telecast March 4 continued that stellar performance The episode again ranked as the No 2 original scriptedamp160series of the week on cable delivering a 29 household rating and again drew over 3 millionamp160total viewers and 463000 women 2554 making it the second highestrated and mostwatched program of the dayamp160among households and total viewers on a Live 3 basis for the second week in a rowamp8220When we launched When Calls the Heart in 2014 we knew we had something special but we had no way of knowing that it would come to rank among the most successful scripted drama series on cableamp8221 Michelle Vicary Executive Vice President of Programming and Network Publicity told MediaVillage amp160amp8220Despite its notable achievements including its longevity consistent seasonoverseason growth and an uncommonly passionate fan base When Calls the Heart is often overlooked in favor of edgier series many of which donamp8217t perform nearly as wellamp8220When Calls the Heartamp8217s Season 6 debut on February 24th became the showamp8217s highestrated and mostwatched season premiere in its history a remarkable feat for a show at this stage in its lifeamp8221 Vicary continuedamp160 amp8220While there is undoubtedly an audience for darker edgier content there is also an enormous demand for shows like When Calls the Heart which fill a void for the kind of positive storytelling that has become Hallmark Channelamp8217s unique signature amp160Weamp8217re off to a great start this season and we hope this is the year that When Calls the Heart gets a level of recognition commensurate with its success and popularityamp8221All of this has the beloved ensemble standing in good stead for a seventh seasonamp160 Series star Erin Krakow is pictured at topamp160 While fans eagerly await that announcement from Hallmark Channel a spinoff When Hope Calls which will include appearances by some When Calls series regulars is set to premiere in August on Hallmarkamp8217s streaming platform Hallmark Movies Nowamp8220The Hallmarkies and Hearties as the network and series devotees are affectionately dubbed can be voraciousamp8221 series regular Kavan Smith pictured above left told MediaVillage recently during an exclusive interview amp160amp8220Hallmark fans will embrace you as long as you give them something real and honest as they respond well to positive stuff amp160I like that my kids can read my Twitter feed and it39s affirming and reflective of the Hallmark product bringing out the best of humanity and a show that39s family friendly to watch amp160It39s been such a treat to be enveloped in the fandom the Hearties have for When Calls amp160I39m having a great time and the fans respond to thatamp8221Smithamp8217s thoughts are echoed by fellow series regular Paul Greene above right who joined the cast in Season 4 amp160amp8220The Hearties are so amazing I39m in awe of how many there are around the worldamp8221 he recently shared with MediaVillage amp160amp8220I mean the number of messages I get from Holland to Morocco even at my son39s volleyball tournaments I get people coming up to me telling me they watch the show amp160I even had one guy call his wife on FaceTime put his phone in my face and there were all these kids behind her amp160He explained he had 12 children and she was pregnant with their 13th and they were all big fans of the showamp8221When Calls the Heart is telecast Sundays at 8 pm on Hallmark ChannelClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160amp160

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